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- Culture hero fights with (encounters) son without recognizing him. A515.5
- Recognizing trolls. F455.10
- Enigmatic statement betrays incest. (Cf. T411.) Woman, recognizing cleric as her son by her father (Fiachna), gives him a drink of milk and says, "I give drink to my brother; he is Fiachna's son, he is Fiachna's grandson; his mother is Fiachna's daughter." The son's reply shows that he understands the situation. H582.2.1
- Person describes approaching bands of warriors without recognizing them. Another (interlocutor) identifies them. J1661.3
- Fool not recognizing coins lying on roadside leaves them. J1836